144154 - [RFE] Close Tab Behavior Should Be Customizable Via a Pref with UI

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 131037

(SeaMonkey :: General, enhancement)

Description

[Felix Miata]

Continuation of bug 105722 and bug 131037, each of which was wontfixed for
semantic reasons, not on the merits of the requested behavioral change(s). Based
upon discussion there and elsewhere, the tabbed brower function should have a
choice of behaviors, corresponding to the following proposed UI pref options:

( ) After closing a tab, focus the left most tab
( ) After closing a tab, focus the right most tab
( ) After closing a tab, focus the tab to the left of the closed tab
( ) After closing a tab, focus the most recently focused tab
(o) After closing a tab, focus the tab from which closed tab was originally spawned

Comment 1

[Peter Lairo]

Suggested *2-line* pref UI to save space...

+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
| When closing a tab, do the following:                             |
|  _______________________________________________________________  |
| [ focus the most recently focused tab                       |\/|  |
| |--------------------------------------------------------------|  |
| |focus the most recently focused tab                           |  | <- default
+-|focus the tab from which closed tab was originally opened     |--+
  |focus the tab to the left of the closed tab                   |
  |focus the tab to the right of the closed tab                  |
  |focus the left most tab                                       |
  |focus the right most tab                                      |
  +--------------------------------------------------------------+

Comment 2

[Matthew T (active 1999-2002)]

Bug 131037 was not wontfixed for `semantic reasons', it was wontfixed because it
was a stupid idea, and this bug is an exact duplicate of it. Do not do that again.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 131037 ***

Comment 3

[Felix Miata]

Many agree that it is desirable.

No one has explained why it is "stupid".

Comment 4

[Hixie (not reading bugmail)]

VERIFIED DUPLICATE

(the bug I suggested you file was not for a pref, it was for a change to the
only behaviour. What is the behaviour you want, always? Or do you really think
you would be changing this pref on a regular basis?)

Comment 5

[Felix Miata]

I would be alternating between the last two proposed:

( ) After closing a tab, focus the most recently focused tab
(o) After closing a tab, focus the tab from which closed tab was originally spawned